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Health Sciences CenterLSU Children’s Hospital

Vol. 13, No. 4 July - August 2013

For staff, students, faculty, alumni and friends of LSU Health Shreveport

168 Doctors beginning residency and fellowship training programs at

LSU Health Shreveport July 1

By the Numbers

Robert A. Barish, MD MBA, Chancellor

Chancellor’s CornerThe current transition from public to private management isn’t the first transformation for the three

hospitals under the umbrella of LSU Health Shreveport. Over their long histories, EA Conway, LSU and Huey P Long Medical Centers have undergone several major changes.

All three of the hospitals were established as part of the state’s charity hospital system. Shreveport Charity Hospital was the second in the system, opening in downtown Shreveport in 1876. Mid-State Charity Hospital in Pineville admitted its first patient on October 7, 1939 and Northeast Louisiana Charity Hospital opened two years later in Monroe.

Over time, there have been multiple changes in oversight, administration, names and locations. Among the major events was the opening of the medical school in Shreveport and its subsequent merger with the hospital, creating the state’s first university teaching hospital. In 1976 all of the charity hospitals were put under the control of LSU. Shortly thereafter, residency programs were established at EA Conway, expanding its role to include both patient care and medical education. Meanwhile, HP Long also expanded its services, purchasing the England Air Force Base hospital in 1994 and locating outpatient clinics there. In 2003 and 2007 respectively, oversight of EA Conway and HP Long was transferred to the Shreveport campus.

Of all the changes over the last 137 years, the most important to date occurred when the LSU Board of Supervisors voted to allow the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport to have its own Chancellor with the three hospitals brought under one system. This led to the achievement of true academic medical center status. Like the current effort, this move was not an abandonment of the hospital’s safety-net mission to the poor and uninsured. Instead it was an expansion of services, giving these same patients and others from around the region and state access to primary care services, along with specialized surgeries, life-saving care and complex treatments for adults and children.

It is estimated that there have been as many as 40 million patient visits to our three hospitals and their associated clinics since they opened. What has remained constant amid all of the changes over the years, is our commitment to provide the best possible care to the citizens of north Louisiana and beyond.

Inside This Issue:

Dr. John T. Wilson, Professor of Pediat-rics and Director of the Children’s Clinical Re-search Center, and Dr. Lester Wayne Johnson, Chief of Surgery at EA Conway Medical Cen-ter, have both been honored by their medical schools of training.

Dr. Wilson received the Tulane Medical Alumni Association’s 2013 Lifetime Achieve-ment Award at his class’ 50th reunion. Early in his career, Dr. Wilson’s research findings showed that 78% of drugs lacked sufficient in-formation for use in children. His subsequent contribution to the field of public health, specifi-cally with getting products and drugs studied for safety in both adults and children, were lauded.

The School of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has named Dr. Johnson one of three 2012 Medical Alumnus of the Year. A member of the Class of 1971,

Dr. Johnson was recognized for his leadership in establishing the statewide emergency response network, his tireless advocacy for LSU medical education programs, and support of the state’s medi-cal institutions. The award is given to alumni who work to better the LSUHSC New Orleans School of Medicine, improve the profession and participate in important civic activities.

Heart of the Matter• Ultrasoundcapabilitiesletdoctorsseealivepictureinsidetheheart• GPS-technologyfitsonthetipofasmallflexiblecathetertogodirectlyto theoriginoftheabnormalrhythm• 3Dmappingshowsareal-lifeimageoftheheartanditschambers• Highresolution,digitalimagingletsdoctorsworkintheheartwithmore precisionandsafety• Ceiling-mountedrotatingX-rayprovides90-degreevisualization• Flatscreenmonitorsprovideclear,unimpededviewsfortheprocedureteam

The Beat Goes On• 90%ofareacardiologiststrainedatLSUMedicalCenter• Thecathlabtreatsmorethan2,000patientsperyear• TheSectionofCardiologyhas12full-timeclinicalfaculty,including5

attheOvertonBrooksVAMedicalCenter.

Professors Honored by Alma Maters

Dr. Johnson

Dr. Wilson

Inset photo: Dr. Pratap Reddy (left)

and Dr. Sai Konduru

The same technology that makes photos clearer and movies more realistic is helping cardiologists at LSU Health Shreveport get a better view of the vessels and chambers of the human heart. For patients with heart problems, that means faster, safer and more accurate treatment with far less radiation.

The state-of-the-art technology is the heart of a new Electrophysiology (EP) lab, which will be used for a wide range of procedures – including treatment of abnormal heart rate and rhythms. Patients with these kinds of arrhythmias are sometimes treated with a procedure called catheter ablation, where a series of thin, flexible wires are guided through a small incision in the groin, neck or arm to the blood vessels in the heart. Energy directed through one of the catheters destroys small areas of tissue that are causing the problem.

Along with ablations, the new lab is especially suited for installing devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, said Assistant Professor of Cardiology and Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab Sai Konduru, MD, who noted there is a backlog of patients throughout the state needing these treatments.

LSU Health Sciences Foundation

Members of the School of Medicine’s Class of 1973celebratetheir40threunionduringgraduationweekend.Abouthalfofthe31graduatesparticipated,including:(Seated):Drs.MikeGeiger,CarlRichard,GregHeroman,JefferyJanies,&SteveJenkinson;(Standing):Drs.KenHarrison,MichaelCox,DavidCooksey,DavidLaw,BillyWashburne,BarryRills,TimHart,TomCarey,DanMoller,MarkWicks,LeonardKancher,&JimRichardson

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Celebrates Student and Faculty Accomplishments, Medical School’s History

Erin Eaton,agraduatingmedicalstudent,sharesthedaywithDr. Robert Harper,herstep-fatherandamemberofthemedicalschool’sfirstgraduatingclass.

Kendrick JohnsonreceiveshisDoctorateofMedicinefromDean Andrew Chesson, Chancellor Robert Barish,andAssistant Dean for Student Affairs Mark Platt.

Clinical Laboratory Science graduates IzzySumrall,ShreeKrishna,RachelDawnAdcockandThuyNgocVowithAssistantProfessorsLindaMcClellanHawthorneandStephanieBlackburn(secondandthirdfromright).

Lisa Schrott, PhD,AssociateProfessorofPharmacology/Toxicology(left)andGunjan Kahlon, MD,AssistantProfessorofInternalMedicine,accepttheAllen A. Copping Excellence in Teaching AwardfromAssociateDeanforStudentAffairsDr. Jane Eggerstedt andInterimLSUPresidentDr. William Jenkinsatgraduation.Theawardsaregivenannuallytoafacultymemberfromboththebasicandclinicalsciencesdepartmentsnominatedbyfellowfacultymembersandstudents.TheCoppingAwardsarenamedinhonoroftheformerlongtimeChancelloroftheLSUMedicalCenter.

Dr. Jim Cardelli

Who could have guessed that a drug developed to treat prostate problems could prevent male pattern bald-ness? That a disgraced anti-nausea drug could be reborn as a treatment for dreaded leprosy? Or an unsuccessful high blood pressure treatment could gain new life helping men with erectile dysfunction?

Each of these scenarios is a real-life result of what is termed drug repurposing, and the seven-year-old In-novative North Louisiana Experimental Therapeutics (INLET) program at LSU Health Shreveport is playing a part in this growing drug-development industry. Researcher James Cardelli, PhD, is the director of the high-tech “recycling” program. He said the idea is to get treatments into clinical trials faster and less expensively. Currently, it can take as long as 10 years and $1.5 billion to get a new drug from the research bench to pharmacy shelves.

Repurposing refers to studying therapies approved to treat one type of disease or condition to see if they are safe and effective for treating other diseases. Because these drugs have already passed through several phases of approval to identify their metabolism, safety and tolerance, in theory these phases don’t have to be repeated. IN-LET currently has a “library” of about 2500 drugs available for research discovery.

“Normally, trying to find a new drug is like finding a needle in a haystack,” Cardelli said, but the success rate of repurposing is 26%.

The scientists at LSU Health Shreveport are focused on screening the drugs, developing tests to analyze biologic activity and providing cancer models to test the lead drugs that emerge. With robotic and automated screening systems, INLET staff can generate and assess a month’s worth of data in just a few days. They work with researchers at LSU and at partner institutions in the state, including University of Louisiana at Monroe, Louisiana Tech, LSUS and the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, who each bring unique skills to the process of drug development.

Already INLET has been involved in ten different drug discovery and development research projects. A major success has been the support of six grants of $3 million and five more pending and planned grants that will total over $7 million. One patent has been secured on an anti-cancer drug that inhibits cancer in lab experiments.

INLET is also developing ties with business experts and pharmaceutical companies to aid in moving drugs from the discovery phase to the drugstore. The hope is that this will lead to a profitable enterprise, local economic development and help Louisiana scientists in their quest to find drugs that can quickly provide real-life benefits.

Research WrapIncreasing Drug Discovery in North Louisiana

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Anil Nanda, MD MPH, Chairman and Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, has been named to a six-year term as a director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS).

ABNS is the primary professional organization in the field of neurosurgery and is the agency that approves board-certification for neurosurgeons. ABNS also works to maintain and elevate pro-fessional standards in the field and encourages the study and improvement of the practice of neurosurgery.

What is the common thread that connects Shreveport Charity Hospital, Confederate Memorial Medical Center, LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, and LSU Health Shreveport? They are the names given to the same institution over a period of 137 years.

On March 2, 1876, the Louisiana Legislature established the Shreveport Charity Hospital “for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of indigent and destitute sick and wounded persons, without distinction of race and color…” The Shreveport Charity Hospital served the local population from several different locations in downtown Shreveport before the move to a twenty-three acre plot at the corner of Kings Highway and Linwood Avenue.

The new location also resulted in a new name. On June 3, 1953, the Confederate Memo-rial Medical Center (CMMC) was dedicated to the memory of the Confederate soldiers of the Civil War and was financed in part through the issuance of bonds secured by surpluses from the Confederate veterans’ and widows’ pension fund, hence the new name. The dedication took place on Confederate Memorial Day.

On June 7, 1965, Act 2 of the Louisiana Legislature established a branch of the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport. The first class of medical students was admitted in 1969 and would utilize the facilities and personnel of the Confederate Memorial Medical Center for their clinical activities.

In the latter part of 1972, State Representative Alphonse Jackson, Jr. questioned the appro-priateness of the hospital’s name. Two new names suggested were Northwest Louisiana Medical

Student Spotlight

WHO: Jeffery Weisman, MD/PhD student through jointprogramwithLouisianaTech.FromChicagoandwasapatentattorneyforabiotechnologycompanybeforecomingtoLSUHealthShreveport.

WHY MD/PHD PROGRAM?Iwanttobepreparedbothtoworkwithpatientsandtohelpdevelopnewtechnologiesfortreatments. I really like the extensive clinical experience I cangetatLSUHealth,andLouisianaTech’sbiomedicalengineering

departmenthasseveralnanotechnologyprojectsthatinterestedme.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Studentscompletethebasicmedicalsciencecoursework,conductPhDresearchandthencompletethehospital/clinicrotations.SofarIhavecompletedmyfirsttwoyearsofmedicalschoolcourseworkatLSUHealthandayearofresearchatTech.Ithasbeenalotofhardwork,butIhavereallyenjoyedeverypartoftheprogram!

FUTURE PLANS: To pursue a career in academic medicine and provide greatpatientcare.

LSU Health Shreveport also offers a joint program through the Schools of Graduate Studies and Medicine.

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Complex and University Hospital, but the hospital’s name would remain Confederate Memorial Medical Center for more than five years.

The next name change was on July 28, 1978, prompted by the 1976 merger of the Confeder-ate Memorial Medical Center and the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport. This merger also transferred control of the CMMC from the State Charity Hospital System to the Louisiana State Board of Supervisors and made the School of Medicine in Shreveport the first medical school in the state to have its own teaching hospital. The complex created by merging these two institutions into a single entity, joined not only by bricks and mortar, but also by philosophy, was known as the LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.

It was more than twenty years before the diverse composition of the Shreveport campus prompted yet another name change. The institution was much more than a medical center - with a hospital, a medical school, a graduate school and a school of allied health professions. Act 802 of the Louisiana Legislature, signed into law on July 2, 1999, stipulates that the name of the Loui-siana State University Medical Center in Shreveport would be changed to the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport (LSUHSC-S).

It took just over ten years for the next change to occur. In October 2010, the LSU System Office adopted the LSU Health identity for all of its health related entities. LSUHSC-S is now known as LSU Health Shreveport.

Now, in 2013, another name change for the hospital is on the horizon although the institu-tion’s proven dedication to patient care, education and research will remain the same.

It was erroneously reported in the last issue of On the Inside that Dr. William R. Mathews was the first chair of the Pathology Department. Dr. Mathews was chief of the clinical Pathology Department at the Confederate Memorial Medical Center, a position he held from 1929 until his retirement in 1971.

It was Albert Goodin Smith, MD, who was appointed as the founding head of the Pathology Department of the LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport in 1970. Dr. Smith came to Shreveport from the University of Tennessee School of Medicine, where he served as professor and deputy chairman of the Pathology Department. Dr. Smith is a native of Charleston, Missouri and received his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine. He interned at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis and served residencies in pathology at the University of Arkansas School of Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Duke University.

Dr. Smith would go on to serve as chairman of the Pathology Department until his retirement in 1995. During Dr. Smith’s twenty-five years, he contributed to the growth and development of the department, the medical school and the medical center.

Albert G. Smith, MD, was First Pathology Department HeadDr. Nanda Named Director of the

American Board of Neurological Surgery

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Recognitions and Presentations Shilpadevi Patil, MD; Harish Siddaiah Bangalore, MD; Ashok Rao, MD; Debbie Chandler, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty: “Acute Depression after Post-operative Ondansetron,” Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident Research Conference 2013

Wesley Porta, MD; Hannah Scott; Clifton F. Frilot II, PhD; and Alex Gomelsky, MD: “Is There an Advantage to Using Extended Validated Questionnaires Over Short-Form Questionnaires in the Outcomes of Sling Surgery?” AUA Southeastern Section Meeting, Louisiana State Urological Society

Navdeep Samra, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery: “On the Same Page: Interdisciplinary Communication and Patient Outcome,” The Department of Anesthesiology Grand Rounds

Olga Willett, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Sailesh Arulkumar, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Christian Samuelson, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Veerandra Koyyalamudi, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty: “The Effect of Epinephrine Use on Regional Anesthesia: A Meta- Analysis,” American Society of Regional Anesthesia 2013, Boston, MA

Deidra Woodson, MLS MA; Dee Jones, MLS AHIP; and Donna F. Timm, MLIS AHIP: “Playing Online Interactive Games for Health Education: Evaluating Their Effectiveness,” MLA Annual Meeting

Publications Andre Broussard, MD; Thretha Reddy, MD; Clifton Frilot II, PhD; Alex Gomelsky, MD: “Long-Term Follow-Up of Porcine Dermis Pubovaginal Slings,” International Urogynecology Journal, 2013

Steven Conrad, MD PhD: Article about his use of multiphysics simulation, authored by Alexandra Foley, “Physician Uses Multiphysics Simulation to Improve Dialyzer Designs,” Medical Design Briefs

Amy Coulter, MD, and Tze-Woei Tan, MD, both Assistant Professors, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery; and Wayne Zhang, MD: “Two Vessel Fenestration of Gore C3 Excluder Endograft for Treatment of AAA in a High-Risk Patient with Unfavorable Anatomy for Conventional EVAR,” Journal of Vascular Surgery

Horacio D’Agostino, MD; Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD; Elnaz Jafarimehr, MD; Patrick Johnson, Medical Student; Daniel Do, MD; Benjamin Henderson, MD; and Quyen Chu, MD FIC: Co-authored “Strategy for Effective Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Collections: Results on 121 Patients,” Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society

Arielle DuBose, MD, Surgery Resident; Quyen D. Chu, MD; Benjamin D. Li, MD, Professor and Chair of Surgery; and Roger H. Kim, MD FACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery: “Is Chronic Kidney Disease an Independent Risk Factor for Mortality in Breast Cancer?” Journal of Surgical Research

Julia M. Esparza, MLS AHIP; Runhua Shi, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine; Jerry McLarty, PhD; Marianne Comegys, MLS, Director of Community Relations: “The Effect of a Clinical Medical Librarian on In-patient Care Outcomes,” Journal of the Medical Library Association

Alex Gomelsky, MD; Randy Vince, Medical Student: “Are Recurrence Rates for ‘Traditional’ Transvaginal Prolapse Repairs Really that High? What Does the Evidence Show?” Current Urology Reports, February 2013

Alex Gomelsky, MD: Co-authored, “Transvaginal Mesh Kits – How ‘Serious’ Are the Complications and Are They Reversible?” Urology, January 2013

Joshua P. Holstead, MD, and Alex Gomelsky, MD: Co-authored “Long-Term Follow-Up of Bovine Dermis Pubovaginal Slings,” Canadian Journal of Urology, 2013

Wahib Isac, MD, Assistant Professor, Endolaparoscopy & Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery: Co-authored, “Robotic Real-Time Near Infrared Targeted Fluorescence Imaging in a Murine Model of Prostate Cancer: A Feasibility Study,”and “Endoscopic-Guided Versus Fluoroscopic-Guided Renal Access for Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: A Comparative Analysis,” Urology, February 2013; “Single Institutional Cost Analysis of 325 Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Partial Nephrectomies,” and “Cryoablation Versus Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy for Small Renal Masses in the Solitary Kidney: Impact of Approach on Functional Outcomes,” Urology, March 2013; “The Impact of Body Mass Index on Surgical Outcomes of Robotic Partial Nephrectomy,” BJU International, December 2012; Co-authored, “Robot-Assisted Ureteroneocystostomy: Technique and Comparative Outcomes,” and “Utility of Intraoperative Frozen Section During Robot-Assisted Partial Nephrectomy: a Single Institution Experience,” Journal of Endourology, March 2013

Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD, Surgery Resident; Jonathan Carroll, MD; Linda Doucet,RN, and Wayne Zhang, MD: “Hybrid Treatment of Ruptured Type B Aortic Dissection Extended into Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery in a Patient with Turner’s syndrome,” Annals of Vascular Surgery

Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD; Horacio D’Agostino, MD; Quyen D. Chu, MD; Cheryl Clark, PhD, Lab Manager, Otolaryngology/ENT Oncology: Co-authored “Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Management of Traumatic Major Pancreatic Duct Transection: Institutional Experience and Review of the Literature,” Pancreas, January 2013

Dixie A. Jones, MLS AHIP: “Book Review: Staff Development on a Shoestring: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians,” Journal of the Medical Library Association

Kimberly Pullen, MLIS, Assistant Professor of Medical Library Science; Dennis R. Wissing, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Allied Health Professions; and Marlene M. Broussard, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics: “The Role of the Librarian and Allied Health Professional in a Third-Year Pediatric Clerkship Journal Club,” Journal of Hospital Librarianship

Tze-Woei Tan, MD: “Blood Transfusion is Associated with Increased Perioperative Surgical Site Infection and Graft Failure in Lower Extremity Bypass,” Journal of American College of Surgery

Betty E. Tucker, MSLS, Instructor, Department of Medical Library Science: “Dixie A. Jones, AHIP, Medical Library Association President, 2013-2014,” Journal of the Medical Library Association

Amy Rowell, MD, Department of Radiology; Guillermo Sangster, MD, Department of Radiology; Jessica Caraway, MD, Department of Radiology; Paul Walker, MD; Department of Urology; Donald Elmajian, MD FACS, Director, GU Surgical Oncology; Maureen Heldmann, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiology: “Genitourinary Imaging: Part 1, Congenital Urinary Anomalies and Their Management,” American Journal of Roentegenology, November 2012

Joseph Zakhary, MD, Surgery Resident; Alireza Hamidian Jahromi, MD; Shubhnum Chaudhery, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology; and Mary Kim, MD FACS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery: “Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma in the Setting of Textured Breast Implant: A Call for Patients and Physicians Education,” Journal of Louisiana State Medical Society

MeetingsKnox Andress, RN: Panel Member, Meeting on Hospital Mass Casualty Prepared-ness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Brian Lawton, MD, Resident, Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery: “Selectin Blockade Decreases Postischemic Recruitment of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells,” The Triologic Society Annual Meeting. Co-authors: Melissa Hu, MD, and Timothy Lian, MD

Anil Nanda, MD MPH FACS, Chairman and Professor of Neurosurgery: “Skull Base Surgery: Sacred and Profane,” Visiting Professor at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Wesley Porta, MD, Urology Resident: “Optimal Sling at the Time of Open Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy: a Comparison of 3 Procedures,” AUA Annual Meeting. Co-authors include Ryan Tubre, Medical Student; Clifton F. Frilot II, PhD, and Alex Gomelsky, MD; “Is There an Advantage to Using Extended Validated Questionnaires Over Short-Form Questionnaires in the Outcomes of Sling Surgery?” Louisiana State Urological Society. Co-authors: Hannah Scott, Medical Student, Clifton F. Frilot II, PhD, and Alex Gomelsky, MD

Frederick Stucker, MD FACS, Professor of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery: “Nasal Surgery in the Pediatric Patient,” The Rhinoplasty Society’s 18th Annual Meeting, New York, NY; “Repair of Cancer Defects of the Nose” and “Alar Base Reductions, ” Contributor of Panel Discussions, The Advances in Rhinoplasty Meeting, Chicago, IL

Jane Sugar, MD, Surgery Resident: “Effect of January Vacations and Prior Night Call Status on Resident ABSITE Performance,” Surgical Education Week, Orlando, FL

Deidra Woodson, MLS MA MT (ASCP), Assistant Professor of Medical Library Science: “Health Education through Stories & Games: Partnering with Public Libraries to Reach Local Children,” MLA Annual Meeting. Co-authors include Donna F. Timm, MLIS AHIP, Associate Professor of Medical Library Science and Dee Jones, MLS AHIP, Associate Professor of Medical Library Science.

PostersDavid Ballard, Medical Student; Daniel Do, MD, Radiology Resident; Jason Williams, MPH, Medical Student; and Horacio D’Agostino, MD, Co-authors: “Redesigning the Dilator Tip, What’s the Point?” Society of Interventional Radiology

Adam Blancher, PhD, Psychologist/Clinical Instructor; Michael McGill, MCD CCC-SPL, Assistant Professor, Child & Family Services; and Nanette Massey, MOT OTR/L, Assistant Professor, Child & Family Services: “The Challenges of Diagnosing an Autism Spectrum Disorder in a Young Child,” Louisiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Baton Rouge, LA

Blas Catalani, MD, Anesthesiology Resident: “Use of Video Instruction in Resident Education”, Society for Education in Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

Jessica D. Caraway, MD, Justin Owens, MD, M. Colter Gates, MD, Daniel Do, MD, David Wallace, MD, all Radiology Residents; Kathy S. Crow, PA, Instructor, Interventional Radiology; and Horacio D’Agostino, MD: “Fistulas from Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Fluid Collections: Guidelines for Systematic Effective Percutaneous Management,” Society of Interventional Radiology

Montie’ Dobbins, MLIS, General Librarian/Instructor, Department of Medical Library Science; Julia Esparza, MLS AHIP; Dixie Jones, MLS AHIP; and Jane Eggerstedt, MD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: “Administering a New ‘Cyber Rotation’ for Fourth Year Medical Students,” MLA Annual Meeting

M. Colter Gates, MD; Jessica D. Caraway, MD; Justin Owens, MD; Daniel Do, MD; Travis Wright, MD; and Horacio D’Agostino, MD: “Transrectal and Transvaginal Drainages: Safe, Effective, and Underutilized,” Society of Interventional Radiology

Brian Gelpi, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Pavan Telang, MD, Pain Fellow; Christian Samuelson, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Seth Billiodeaux, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty; Jeff Adair, MD, Pain Management Faculty: “Ultrasound Guidance for Bilateral Supraclavicular Block in a Patient with Electrocution Injury: Case Report,” American Society of Regional Anesthesia Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Alex Gomelsky, MD: Session Moderator, “Miscellaneous Poster Session;” Dennis D. Venable, MD: Session Moderator, “Socioeconomic Forum I,” and Donald A. Elmajian, MD: Session Moderator, “Bladder Cancer, Upper Tract TCC and Urinary Diversion Poster Session,” Southeastern Section of the AUA Annual Meeting

Ryan Holland, MD, Urology Resident; Alex Gomelsky, MD; Dennis D. Venable, MD; Rowena DeSouza, MD; B. Jill Williams, PhD; and Laura Gamble, MD, Urology Resident: “Is the Use of Empiric Antibiotics for Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen a Risk Factor for Infectious Complications after Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsy?” Southeastern Section of the AUA Annual Meeting; AUA Annual Meeting

Joshua P. Holstead, MD, Urology Resident; Andrew McCall; Clifton F. Frilot, PhD; and Alex Gomelsky, MD: “Worsening Urinary Storage Symptoms Following Sling Surgery in Stress-Incontinent Women: Incidence, Associations, and Management,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction; Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association

Dixie Jones, MLS AHIP; Mararia Adams, MLIS, Associate Professor of Medical Library Science; and Talicia Tarver, MLIS, Assistant Professor of Medical Library Science: “One Integrated Health Record: The Librarians’ Role in Linking Patients to Their Personal Health Data and Contextual Information,” MLA Annual Meeting

Nadine Kaskas, Medical Student (presenter of poster), Tara Moore-Medlin, Otolaryngology Manager, Gloria McClure, Research Associate; John Vanchiere, MD PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Medicine; Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD, Professor & Chair of Otolaryngology: “Serum Biomarkers in Head and Neck Cancer,” AHNS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Katie Kimbrough, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery: “Pregnancy and Trauma” and “Bowel and Mesenteric Injuries: Ticking Time Bombs in the Trauma Patient,” The Emergency Department Educational Conference

Pushpa Koyyalamudi, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty; Mical Duvall, MD, Anesthesiology Resident: “Anesthesia Management of an Ebstein Type B Tricuspid Valve Malformation in an Adult,” Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists 35th Annual Meeting and Workshops, Miami, FL

Blake LeBlanc, MD, Otolaryngology Resident; Runhua Shi, MD, Associate Professor Hematology/Oncology; Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD FACS: “Laryngeal Carcinoma: Comparing a Single Tertiary Academic Hospital to National Data,” AHNS Annual Meeting, Orlando FL

Hoa Luu, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty; Roger Seth Baker, MD, Anesthesiology Resident; Brian Gelpi, MD: “Quality of Airway Visualization in Pediatric Patients Using Sevofurane: Meta-Analysis,” Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident Research Conference 2013, New Orleans, LA

Chizoba Mosieri, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty; Harish Siddaiah Bangalore, MD, Anesthesiology Resident: “Acute Airway Obstruction at Induction of Anesthesia,” Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident Research Conference 2013

Shilpadevi Patil, MD, Anesthesiology Faculty; Mical Duvall, MD: “Anesthetic Management of Pregnancy Complicated by Thyroid Storm,” Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shilpadevi Patil, MD; Harish Siddaiah Bangalore, MD; Roger Seth Baker, MD; Ashok Rao, MD, Anesthesiology Chairman: “Acute Postoperative Subdural Hematoma after Cochlear Implant Surgery,” and “Intra-operative Management of a Patient with Pheochomocytoma and Gastrinoma: A Rare Cross-Over Syndrome,” Gulf Atlantic Anesthesia Resident Research Conference 2013

Awards & HonorsQuyen Chu, MD FACS, Charles Knight Professor in Surgery, Associate Professor & Division Chief of Surgery: Selected as Mentor for: American College of Surgeons Community Surgeons Travel Award and 2013 International Development and Education Award (IDEA) Program

Alex Gomelsky, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Urology: Louisiana Representative to Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association (AUA) Board of Directors; Presided over the Louisiana State Urological Meeting, Shreveport, LA

Ryan Holland, MD, Urology Resident: Member of the Winning Southeastern Section Team at the National Residents Bowl, Annual AUA Meeting

Nettie Robinson, Animal Care Technician: Selected to Receive 2013 Level II Technician Award, Annual meeting of the Louisiana Branch American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Covington, LA

Appointments and Elections Quyen Chu, MD: Elected as a Committee Member, American College of Surgeons-Emerson Scholar-in-Residence

Melissa K. Davidson, Breeding Colony Manager, Animal Resources: Elected Member, Board of the Louisiana Branch American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Dixie Jones, MLS AHIP, Chair, Health Sciences Library: Appointed President, Medical Library Association (MLA)

Rosario Maria Riel-Romero, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics: Appointed, Associate Editor, Yearbook of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Mark Ryan, PharmD, Director of the Louisiana Poison Control Center and Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine: Nominated Member, Interagency Workgroup on Synthetic Drugs of Abuse, Office of National Drug Control Policy

Karen Stokes, PhD, Associate Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology: Selected Associate Editor, Microcirculation

Dennis Venable, MD, Professor & Chairman of the Urology Department: Re-elected as Southeast Section Representative to AUA Board of Directors

International Outreach Knox Andress, RN FAEN, Emergency Preparedness and Education Coordinator for the Louisiana Poison Center & Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine: Presenter and Co-author, “A Force Multiplier – Sharing Emergency Patient Data Across Disparate Systems” and ““Meeting Medical Needs of the Public During a Disaster: Collaborative Shelter Planning,” 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Manchester, Great Britain

Sami Bahna, MD DrPH, Professor and Chief of Allergy & Immunology: Keynote Lecturer, “Update on Allergy Tests: Good and Bad Choices” and “The Allergist as a Detective for Unusual Cases,” The VI World Asthma, Allergy & COPD Forum, London, UK

Quyen Chu, MD: “Adjuvant Versus Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer,” 113th Annual Congress of Japan Surgical Society, Fukuoka, Japan and “Should All Patients with Resectable Pancreatic Cancer Undergo Neoadjuvant Therapy?” Jikei University, Tokyo, Japan

Steven A. Conrad, MD PhD, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine: “Management of Mechanical Ventilation Before and on ECMO & Percutaneous Cannulation for ECMO Support,” “Management of Respiratory Failure in the Trauma Patient,” and “ECMO for Respiratory Failure (ARDS),” 19th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Cardiothoracic Society, Alexandria, Egypt

Glenn Mills, MD FACP, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Feist-Weiller Cancer Center, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program Director: Developer of New ACGME Training Guidelines and Mock Site Visitor, Three Oncology Programs, Singapore

Rosario Maria Riel-Romero, MD: Special Lecturer, “Overview of Pediatric Epilepsy” and “Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy,” University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital; “Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy,” St Luke’s Medical Center and School of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Alberto Simoncini, MD, Associate Professor, Director of Musculoskeletal Radiology: “Ultrasound of the Peripheral Nerves,” “Ultrasound Evaluation of the Wrist Pathology,” and “Ultrasound Evaluation of the Elbow Pathology,” 14th World Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dennis Venable, MD: Site Visit Conductor and Preliminary ACGME Residency Program Reviewer, Hamad Medical Corporation Urology Residency Training Program, Doha, Qatar

Richard Wigle, MD FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery: Guest Lecturer, “Complex Chest Wall Injuries,” University Hospital, Coventry, UK; Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil Wales, UK

Wayne Zhang, MD: “Management of Vascular Bypass Graft Infection,” Joint 4th Vascular Symposium; “Endovascular Treatment of Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis,” and “Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Graft Infection Following Vascular Revascularization,” Vascular Symposium and Meeting of International Union of Phlebology, Zhengzhou, China

Presentations Andre P. Broussard, MD, Urology Resident: “Evidence-Based Perioperative Management of Women Undergoing Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery,” Annual AUA Meeting. Co-authors include: Jason McCourt, Medical Student; Dennis D. Venable, MD; Alex Gomelsky, MD

Horacio D’Agostino, MD FICS FACR FSIR, Chairman of Radiology: “Snapshot of Interventional Radiology in Latin America,” Society of Interventional Radiology, New Orleans, LA

Julia Esparza, MLS AHIP, Associate Professor of Medical Library Science: “Consumer Health Information Services Survey,” MLA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Co-authors include Kimberly Pullen, MLIS, and Montie’ Dobbins, MLIS

Alex Gomelsky, MD: “What’s New with Non-Mesh Repair Techniques?” Annual Meeting of the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, and Urogenital Reconstruction; Argued for “Late Release” in “Surgical Treatment for Retention Post Sling is Early vs. Late Sling Release: Technical Differences and Outcomes” in a Video Debate, Annual AUA

Joshua P. Holstead, MD, Urology Resident: “Worsening Urinary Storage Symptoms Following Sling Surgery in Stress-Incontinence Women: Incidence, Associations, and Management,” Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the AUA; co-authors: Andrew McCall, Medical Student; Clifton F. Frilot II, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy; and Alex Gomelsky, MD

Melissa Hu, MD, Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery Resident: “Improved Wound Healing of Post-Ischemic Cutaneous Flap Tissue with Use of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells,” The Triologic Society 116th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL. Co-authors: David Ludlow, MD, Resident, Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery; Jonathan Steven Alexander, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology; Jerry McLarty, PhD, Director of Cancer Prevention and Control, Feist-Weiller Cancer Center; Timothy Lian, MD FACS, Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology

TheLSUHealthSciencesFoundationraisesdonor funds in support of educational,patientcareandresearchprogramsofLSUHealthShreveport.Theseincludesupportforfacultypositions,academicinitiatives,basicand clinical researchandnew technology.Todonate,orlearnmore,visittheirwebsiteatlsuhsfoundation.org.

The Louisiana Board of Regents has approved funding for four $100,000 professorships at LSU Health Shreveport.

The new professorships are: the Edward and Freda Green Professorship in Surgical Oncology, the Scotty and Larene Woodard Professorship in Neurosurgery, the Nancy Jane Sentell Seale Professorship in Cancer Palliative Care and the Mary Louise and Jack R. Cassingham Professor-ship in Forensic Pathology.

The Endowed Professorships Program is intended to help recruit and retain superior faculty members at Louisi-ana institutions by pairing a 60% private-sector gift with a 40% Board of Regents award. All donors were motivated by a desire to improve health care in north Louisiana.

Edward and Freda Green included the surgical oncol-ogy program in their will with the intention that the money would help doctors, researchers and healthcare providers find cures for the diseases and ailments that plague others. Edward Green, an oil and gas engineer for Woods Oper-ating and fifty-year resident of Shreveport, suffered from

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cancer. Drs. G.E. Ghali and Benjamin Li of LSU Health treated Mr. Green, giving him five more years of qual-ity life.

Scotty and Larene Woodard decided to donate after a coiling operation at LSU Medical Center successfully repaired an aneurysm that saved Larene’s life. The fund-ing has established an annual neurosurgery symposium focusing on newer medical approaches to treatment and scientific inquiries that are fostering improved outcomes.

The Robert Arthur Seale Foundation gave specially to Feist-Weiller Cancer Center to support an end-of-life palliative care program. Named the Nancy Jane Sentell Seale Professorship, the Seale family is interested in quality of life issues for cancer patients who have often been through arduous treatments.

Community members Dr. Scott Cassingham and Dr. Pamela McPherson wanted to create a professorship to honor Dr. Cassingham’s parents, and to further the field of forensic psychiatry.

hen thefacultyofLSUHealthShreveport takeoff theirwhitecoatsandhangup theirstethoscopes,theychangeintocoachinguniforms,gasuptheircarstodeliverfoodtothehomeless,andheadtovolunteeratfreemedicalclinicswithinthecommunity.As president of the ShreveportOrchid Society, Dr.MaryMancini teaches others about

growingbeautifulflowers.AtLSUsheisacardiothoracicsurgeonanddivisionchiefwhospendscountlesshourseducatingfuturesurgeonsabouttheintricatetechniquesofopenheartsurgery.AlongsideDr.ScottKennedysheservesasaboardmemberfortheShreveportOperaandalsosingsintheirchoruswithDr.JerryMcLarty.

Havingaheartfortheirworkandtheircommunity,facultymembersoftentakeonadditionalroleslikePediatricCardiologistDr.SteveTodmanwhoiscurrentlytheyouthpastorforBansukBaptistChurch.Othersdevotecountlesshoursvolunteeringandparticipatingincommunityevents.RingingbellsandsinginginSt.Mark’sCathedralChoir,Dr.RobertRhoadsalsoservesupfoodforparishfunctions.

LSUHealthShreveportphysicianssupportlocalartsorganizations,aswell.Dr.RichaDhawan,a rheumatology specialist, participates in local multicultural events like the Asian Gardens’FestivalandPulmonologistDr.RobertHolladay,whoplayedthepartof“Jinx”intheShreveportLittleTheatreproductionofForeverPlaid,hasbeeninvolvedwithlocaltheatersincehestartedmedicalschool.Dr.WandaThomasisvicepresidentoftheShreveportMetropolitanBallet.

Thesetalentedindividualsdon’tjustbringtheirconsiderablemedicalandacademicexpertisetoourcommunities;theyalsoorganizekids’campsandhelpthehomeless.Dr.DanielleCooperdeliversbabiesandhelpscoachherkids’soccerteams.FamilyMedicinePhysicianDr.RandyRichterisvicepresidentofamotorcycleclubforveterans.Hiscolleague,RobertJackson,MD,isfounderandmedicaldirectoroftheMLKClinic,thestate’soldestfreemedicalclinic.

ThesefacultymembersandotherslikethemenhanceourcampusandmakeupthefoundationofLSUHealthShreveport.They

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LSU Health Shreveport now has a blog, LSUMed, at blog.lsuhscshreveport.edu. Managed by Communications & Public Affairs, the blog features the expertise of faculty and staff on health topics in an easy to understand way.

New Leaders and FacultyDavid S. Burkett, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, EA Conway Sherin H. Mercer, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Charles J. Fox III, MD, Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology

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August 7–DanceforParkinson’sDisease,11am,CentenaryCollegeKilpatrickAuditorium,Room101August 10–SchoolofAlliedHealthProfessionsGraduation,10am,ShreveportConventionCenterSeptember 7–LifeSavers,7pm,Sam’sTownHotel&CasinoOctober 26–GreatPumpkinRunforResearch,8am,CentenaryCollegeGoldDome

Auction Items Run the Gamut for Life Savers Feist-Weiller Cancer Center’s annual Life Savers fundraiser will be held Saturday, Sept. 7 at Sam’s Town

on the Shreveport Riverfront. The silent auction will include a New Orleans weekend at the Blake Hotel on St. Charles Avenue with gift certificate for the Acme Oyster House, Cafe du Monde and Mother’s along with tickets to Preservation Hall and Audubon Zoo. If the beach is your ideal trip, bid on a Destin house sleeping 24 for five nights. Other destinations include Natchez, MS, Jefferson, TX and the Deer Lake Cabins located in the piney woods of East Texas, on the 800 secluded acre Double S Ranch.

Have a party for 50 catered by Superior Bar and Grill, host a football watch party for the LSU-Alabama game in the media room at the renovated Remington Hotel, or enjoy a 4-course dinner for 8 paired with fine wines at Wine County—there’s a limo included to get you home safe!

Follow us on Facebook at www.feistweiller.org/LifeSavers to stay up-to-date with new items. Life Savers sponsorships are available beginning at $2,000 for a table of 10 and $200 for individual tickets.

Call Anne Higdon at 318.813.1423 to reserve your seat because Life Savers is always sold out!

Otolaryngology Department Pioneers New Use for Diagnostic Technology

LSU Medical Center is currently the only center in North America and one of three world-wide using Cellvizio, a tiny laser microscope, for otolaryngology/head & neck surgical proce-dures.

Professor & Chair Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD, knew that the FDA approved the world’s small-est microscope for use in the GI tract. She fig-ured that since the head and neck encompasses part of the upper aerodigestive tract, which also includes the GI and lung, “applying this technol-ogy to the head and neck was a natural extension of the current applications of Cellvizio.”

How much to laser? Which precancerous lesions need to be addressed? How aggressive can one be?

“Surgeons and scientists are making strides answering these questions, and Cellvizio may help detect individual cells that need to be surgically excised,” Dr. Nathan said.

She will present her findings on this novel application at the American Meeting of Otolaryngology this fall, along with Drs. Vikas Mehta, Timothy Lian, and Shubnum Chaudhery. Moving forward, Dr. Nathan and her team will study how Cellvizio can benefit patients in clinical trials involving curcumin.

Pulmonary specialists Dr. Adam Wellikoff and Dr. Bob Holladay first be-gan using Cellvizio at LSU Health Shreveport in August of 2012.

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Department of Anesthesiology Chair Dr. Ashok Rao(secondfromright)celebrateshisretirementwithSchoolofMedicineDeanAndrewChesson,ChancellorRobertBarishandHospitalAdministratorJoeMiciotto.Dr.RaojoinedthedepartmentinSeptember2002afterspending22yearsinprivatepractice.In2007,hebecameinterimchairmanbeforehisappointmentaschairmanin2008.